Indexes / Abstracts
America: History and Life (1964 to date)
Indexes articles
from more than 2000 journals published worldwide. Concentration is on United
States and Canadian history, Pre-Columbian to the present day. It also includes
citations to book reviews from over 100 major journals of American history and
culture and relevant dissertations. It is now THE index for journal literature
pertaining to American history. For articles published prior to 1964 it is necessary
to refer to Writings on American History published from 1902 -1961 by
the American Historical Association
Baker/Berry Reference Z 1236. L331 1902-1960)
Writings
on American history. (1902-1961)
Imprint Washington, U.S. Gov't Print Off
Baker Berry Ref. Z 1236 .L331 1902-1960
For sixty years this was
the major index to literature published on American history. It still serves
as a valuable entre to the literature published between 1902-1961. It is available
only in print.
NOTE: There were no bibliographies issued for 1904- 05, 1941-47.
There
is a 1v. cumulative index for the years 1902-1940
Humanities Abstracts. (1983 to date)
Indexes a broad selection of approximately 400 English language journals covering all areas of the humanities. The publisher includes history in the humanities.
Also included in the "Wilson
Combined Indexes" file.
(In print 1907-1974 as International Periodicals Index or the Social Sciences
& Humanities Index; 1974 - 1994 as Humanities Index - all Baker/Berry Reference
AI 3. S611)
Social Sciences Abstracts. (1983 to date)
Indexes a selection of approximately 400 English language journals in the social sciences. Several history journals touching on historical aspects of the social sciences, e.g. the family, social history, economic history… are included
Also included in the "Wilson
Combined Indexes" file.
(In print 1907-1974 as International Periodicals Index or the Social
Sciences & Humanities Index; 1974 - 1994 as Social Sciences Index - all
Baker/Berry Reference AI 3. S61)
Readers’ Guide Abstracts (1984 to date)
Formerly Readers'
Guide to Periodical Literature this is a bibliographic database that indexes
articles from more than 200 of the most popular general-interest magazines published
in the United States and Canada, covering all subjects and such general news
areas as current events, business, fashion, politics, crafts, food, education,
sports, history, and science.
(1900 to 1998 in print in Baker/Berry Reference)
Online edition of Readers' Guide Abstracts (above) covering the years 1900 - 1983.
Poole's index to periodical
literature
Imprint Boston, Houghton, Mifflin V.1-2; 1802-1881
Baker Berry Ref. AI 3 .P7 v.1-2 1802-1881
Nineteenth century
readers' guide to periodical literature, 1890-1899, with supplementary indexing,
1900-1922
Imprint New York, The H. W. Wilson Company
Baker Berry Ref. AI 3 .R496 1890-1899
Journal Index Search example:
America: History & Life
A search statement is created, i.e. "Keyword" search on the phrase "Greewich Village."
Qualifications/limitations are chosen (if applicable), i.e. articles for a particular historical period.
Search Results:
Results appear in a "short"
or "brief" format - enough information to move from here to the Library
Catalog
to see if we
own the journal or other source being cited.
Displayed "Full Entry"
The Full Entry contains
the journal citation (author, article title, journal title, volume number, etc)
and a) an abstract
summarizing
the article, b) the title period treated by the article, and c) subject headings
assigned to this article.
Finding the JOURNAL TITLE at Dartmouth.
Do a TITLE search on the JOURNAL TITLE, i.e. "Societas," that you are looking for.
Print edition - note the Call Number and find it in the stacks.
Electronic edition (not shown here) - click on the URL to display the journal article.
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